[Event "EU-ch 18th"] [Site "Minsk"] [Date "2017.05.30"] [Round "1"] [White "Galliamova, Alisa"] [Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E68"] [WhiteElo "2456"] [BlackElo "2700"] [Annotator "GM Davorin Kuljasevic"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "rnbq1rk1/ppp1ppbp/3p1np1/8/2PP4/5NP1/PP2PPBP/RNBQ1RK1 b - - 0 6"] [PlyCount "77"] [EventDate "2017.05.30"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "11"] [EventCountry "BLR"] [SourceTitle "CBM 179"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.07.12"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[#]} 6... Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. h3 Re8 9. e4 exd4 10. Nxd4 Nc5 11.
Re1 Bd7 12. Rb1 h6 13. Kh2 {[%csl Rh2] White king is more vulnerable to tactics on this square than on g1.} a5 14. Ndb5 h5 15. Qc2 $6 {[%csl Rb5,Rc2,Re1] This is not a good move here because white pieces lose coordination as many of them are far away from the queenside.} (15. Be3 h4 17. g4 g5 $11) 15... h4 16. g4 c6 $1 17. g4 c6 $1 17.
Na3 {[#]} (17. Nxd6 $2 Qc7 18. Rd1 Bf8 19. Bf4 g5 $19) (17. Nd4 $2 Nxg4+
- hxg4 Bxd4 $19) 17... d5 $1 {The classical central break.} ({Another typical idea is the piece sacrifice:} 17...
Bxg4 $5 18. hxg4 Nxg4+ 19. Kh1 (19.
Kg1 h3 20. Bxh3 Qh4 21. Bg2 Bd4 22. Be3 Qh2+ 23.
Kf1 Bxe3 24. Rxe3 Nxe3+ 25. fxe3 Re6 $40) 19... h3 $1 20. Bf3 Qh4 {and Black achieves a strong attack.} 21. Be3 Nxe3 (21...
Bxc3 $5 22. bxc3 Ne5 23. Be2 Nxe4) 22. Rxe3 Re5 $40) 18. cxd5 cxd5 19. e5 (19.
Nxd5 Rc8 $1 {[%cal Gc5e4]} 20. Nxf6+ (20. Nc3 b5 21. Naxb5 Bxb5 22. Nxb5 Nd3) 20... Qxf6 {Black pieces dominate the board and pose too many threats.} 21.
Qd2 Bc6 22. f3 b5 $19) 19... Nfe4 $6 ({Even stronger was} 19... d4 20. Ncb5 Nfe4 $1 21. Bxe4 Rxe5 {[%csl Rb5,Re4,Rh2][%cal Gd4d3] For the piece, Black achieves a winning attack.
For example:} 22. Bf4 Nxe4 23. Rxe4 Rxe4 24. Qxe4 Bc6 25. Qd3 Qf6 $1 26. f4 Bc6 $2 (20... f4 Bc6 $2 (20...
Rc8 $1 $17 21. Nxd5 Bc6 $36) 21. g5 $2 (21. Be3 $13) 21... Rc8 22. Nxe4 Nxe4 23.
Qd3 Nc5 24. Qd4 Ne6 25. Qf2 Bf8 26. Rd1 d4 27. Nc2 Bxg2 28. Qxg2 Re7 29.
Ne1 Rec7
- Nd3 Qd7 31. a3 Qb5 32. Qe4 Qb3 33. Bd2 Nc5 34. Nxc5 Qg3+ 35. Kh1 Qxh3+ 36.
Kg1 Bxc5 37.
Qg2 d3+ 38. Kf1 Qf5 39. Qf3 Bb6 40. Rbc1 Rc2 41. b3 R8c6 42. Rb1 h3 43.
Be1 Rg2 44. Rxd3 Rcc2 0-1 [Event "Vilafranca del Penedes op 13th"] [Site "Vilafranca del Penedes"] [Date "2019.05.10"] [Round "5"] [White "Gual Pascual, Antonio"] [Black "Sirera Bargallo, Tomas"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "E81"] [WhiteElo "2362"] [BlackElo "2062"] [Annotator "GM Davorin Kuljasevic"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "rnbq1rk1/ppp1ppbp/3p1np1/8/2PPP3/2N2P2/PP4PP/R1BQKBNR w KQ - 0 6"] [PlyCount "46"] [EventDate "2019.03.29"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "ESP"] [SourceTitle "CBM 190 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2019.07.15"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2019.07.15"] [SourceQuality "1"] {[#]} 6. Be3 c5 7. Nge2 Nc6 8. d5 Ne5 9. e6 10. e6 10.
Qd2 exd5 11. cxd5 a6 12. a4 Bd7 13. Be2 {and now Black needs to seek counterplay with} b5 $1 14. O-O bxa4 15. h3 Bb5 $1 {securing c4-square for the knight in the view of the f3-f4 threat.} 16.
Nxb5 axb5 17. Bxb5 Rb8 18. Be2 Nfd7 19. f4 $2 {Trying to trap the knight on e5, but this fails tactically. } (19. Rxb2 20. Rxb2 20.
Qd1 Qh4 21. Kh2 Rb3 22. Qd2 {[#]} Nf6 $5 { Among many winning continuations, this is the most forcing one.} (22... Bh6 23. Rxa4 Nb6) (22... Rb2 23.
Qe1) (22... Rfb8 23. fxe5 (23. Rxa4) 23... Bxe5 24. fxe5 (23. fxe5 (23.
Rxa4 Nfg4+) 23... Qxg3+ 24. Kxg3 Nxe4+ 25. Kh2 Bxe5+
- Kg1 Nxd2 27. Bxd2 Bxa1 28. Rxa1 Rb2 29.
Rd1 a3 $19 {with a winning endgame.
} 30. Kf1 a2 31. Bc3 Rb1 32. Ke1 Ra8 33. Ba1 Rab8 {0-1 (33) Chen,F (2107) -Saric,I (2664) chess.com INT 2018}) 10. Nf1 e6 12. Nd2 (12. Nd2 (12.
Bg5 $5) 12... exd5 13. cxd5 a6 14. a4 h3 15. g3 {[%csl Rg2] g2-square is a potential target for attack. Also, White cannot play h2-h3 any more to prepare f2-f4.} Bd7 16.
O-O b5 $1 {A thematic pawn sacrifice.} 17. axb5 axb5 18. Nxb5 (18. Rxa8 Qxa8 19. Nxb5 Bxb5 20. Bxb5 Rb8 21.
Be2 Rxb2 22. f4 Qa3 23. Bf2 {[#]} Rxd2 ( 23... Qa2 $5 24. fxe5 Rxd2) 24. Qxd2 Qf3 $1 {0-1 (24) Ringoir,T (2506) -Cheparinov,I (2682) Dubai 2014} (24...
Nf3+ $2 25. Bxf3 Qxf3 26. Bxc5 $11)) 18... Bxb5 19. Bxb5 Qb6 20. Be2 Qxb2 21.
Rb1 Qa3 22. Rb3 Qa2 $1 {[%csl Rg2] An improvement over the game below. Black queen eyes the g2-square.} (22... Qa4
- Qb1 (23. f4) 23... g4 Rfb8 25. g5 Rxb3 26. g5 Rxb3 26.
Qxb3 Rb8 27. Qd1 Qa3 28.
Kf2 Nh5 29. f4 Nd3+ 30. Bxd3 Qxd3 31. Qe2 Qc3 32. Rb1 Rxb1 33.
Nxb1 Qb4 34. Nd2 Bd4 35. Bxd4 Qxd4+ 36. Qe3 Qb2 37. e5 dxe5 38. e6 fxe6 40. dxe6 c4
- e7 Kf7 42. e8=Q+ Nxe8 43. Kg3 c3 44. Kg3 c3 44.
Qf4+ Kg8 45. Qc4+ Kh7 46. Qh4+ Kg8 47.
Qc4+ Kh8 48. Qh4+ Kg8 49. Qc4+) 23. f4 {[#]} Neg4 $1 24.
Bxg4 c4 $1 {clearing the 2nd rank} 25. Rb7 (25. Rb1 c3 $19) 25... Ra3 26. Re1 Nxg4 27. Qxg4 Rxe3 28.
Rxe3 Bd4 $19 1/2-1/2 [Event "CRO Cup"] [Site "Mali Losinj"] [Date "2017.05.12"] [Round "4.3"] [White "Livaic, Leon"] [Black "Martinovic, Sasa"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "E73"] [WhiteElo "2464"] [BlackElo "2552"] [Annotator "GM Davorin Kuljasevic"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "rnbq1rk1/ppp1ppbp/3p1np1/8/2PPP3/2N5/PP2BPPP/R1BQK1NR w KQ - 0 6"] [PlyCount "64"] [EventDate "2017.05.10"] [EventType "team-swiss"] [EventRounds "6"] [EventCountry "CRO"] [SourceTitle "CBM 178 Extra"] [Source "ChessBase"] [SourceDate "2017.06.22"] [SourceVersion "1"] [SourceVersionDate "2017.06.22"] [SourceQuality "1"] [WhiteTeam "Zagreb Mladost"] [BlackTeam "Solin Cemex"] [WhiteTeamCountry "CRO"] [BlackTeamCountry "CRO"] {[#]} 6. Be3 e5 7. d5 Na6 8. g4 Nc5 9. Bf3 {[%csl Re1,Rf3,Rg4] A somewhat artificial setup, but White counts on the position remaining closed. b4 cxd5 {An important intermezzo.} 11. cxd5 {[#]} (11. bxc5 d4) 11... bxc5 d4) 11...
Ncxe4 $3 {A piece sacrifice to open up the center while white pieces are undeveloped.} ({also nothing wrong with} 11... Ncd7 $5) 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 f5 14. gxf5 gxf5 15. Bc2 f4 16.
Bd2 $2 {Materialistic and passive.} ({White should have fought with the initiative with a counter-sacrifice:} 16. Qh5 e4 $1 17. Bxe4 h6 (17... Rf7 $5 18. Rc1 fxe3 19. Nf3 exf2+ 20.
Kxf2 $13) 18. Qg6 Qf6 19. Qh7+ Kf7 20. Rc1 fxe3 21. fxe3 Bd7 $13) 16... Bxe4 (17. Bxe4 (17.
Rc1 {[#]} Qh4 $1 {The right way to continue the attack!} (17... e3 $2 18. Qh5 $1 exd2+ 19. Kxd2 $132) 18. Bxe4 Re8 19. Qe7 18. f3 Bf5 {White loses material now.} 19. f3 Bf5 {White loses material now.} 19.
Rc1 Bxe4
Qe2 Qh4+ 21. Qf2 Qxf2+ 22. Kxf2 Bd4+ 23. Kg2 Bxd5 $19 24. Ne2 Bb6 25. a4 Rf7 26.
Bxf4 Re8 27. Nc3 Bc6 28. b5 Rxf4 29. bxc6 bxc6 30. Kg3 Ref8 31. Rhf1 Be3 32.
Rc2 Rc4 33. Re1 Bf4+ 34. Kg2 d5 35. Ree2 Rf6 36. Nd1 Rg6+ 37. cxd4 8. Nxd4 a6 9. Be2 b6 10. Be2 b6 10.
Qd2 Bb7 11. f3 Nbd7 12. O-O-O { Queenside castling leads to double-edged positions with mutual chances.} Ne5
- Kb1 Rc8 14. b3 {[%csl Rb1] White king is more exposed now as the a1-h8
diagonal is free of pawns.} e6 15. g4 Qe7 16. h4 {[%csl Rg4] [#] Necessary, but also weakens the g4 square.} b5 $1 {The most ambitious move - opening the c-file for attack and clearing the long diagonal for the attack.} (16...
Nexg4 $5 17. fxg4 Nxe4 18. Nxe4 Bxe4+ 19. Bd3 Bxh1 20. Rxh1 Qb7 21. h5 $13 ) (16... h5 $13 ) (16...
Rfd8 $5 17. h5 d5 $13) 17. cxb5 axb5 18. Ndxb5 Nexg4 19. fxg4 $2 ({ The diagonal should have been shut with} 19. Bd4 Ne5 20.
Bxe5 dxe5 $13) 19... Bxe4+ $2 ({Black could have cleared the long diagonal with} 19... Rxc3 $3 20. Qxc3 ({or} 20. Nxc3 Nxe4 21. Nxe4 Bxe4+ 22.
Bd3 Qf6 {[%csl Rb1]} 23. Bxe4 Qa1+
- Kc2 Qxa2+ 25. Kd3 Qa6+ 26. Kc2 Rc8+) 20... Bxe4+ $1 (20... Qb4) 21. Qb4) 21.
Bd3 Bxh1 22. Rxh1 Nd5 23. Qd2 Nxe3 24. Qxe3 Qf6 $19) ({In case of} 19...
Nxe4 $2 20. Nxe4 Bxe4+ 21. Bd4) 20. Bd4) 20.
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